The virtual sit-in attempts to recreate that same action digitally using a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDOS).
During a virtual sit-in, hundreds of activists attempt to access a target website simultaneously and repetitively.
If performed correctly, this will cause the target website to run slowly or even collapse entirely, preventing anyone from accessing it.
[1][2] On December 21, 1995, the first world Virtual sit-in, conceived by Tommaso Tozzi, was created by the Florentine group Strano Network against the French government to protest against the nuclear tests in Mururoa and was defined as a "Netstrike".
[3] On Thursday May 1, 1998, Ricardo Dominguez (co-founder of Electronic Disturbance Theater) and Stefan Wray held a virtual sit-in in which they decided to attack the World Economic Forum (WEF).